Tuesday, December 24, 2013

These will carry you over the slack period between Christmas and the New Year. They store well, use ingredients that store equally well, and are kind to the innards.

Old school cole slaw makes it easy to add yet another serving of vegetables to a healthy day’s diet. The in-house blade lover keeps his Dexter cleaver razor sharp and chops cabbage into tiny flakes. He adds finely grated carrot, a little sugar, red pepper flakes, white vinegar, and a neutral oil.

Equally old school fruit salad is an improviser’s dream year round. Winter apples, citrus, nuts, and dried fruit combine obligingly. Prunes and slivered almonds have a delicious symbiosis. I dress a fruit salad with a little oil to protect cut surfaces from browning, add lemon juice, and now and then a little liqueur that might compliment the ingredients.

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Five generations' keeping house in Western Washington know how to get the job done. Deft Home is the fruit of thirty years’ independent research with casual scholarship, deep-time experience, and no ties to commerce.
Deft home is about doing things the easy way, doing things you won’t get tired of, doing things in little specks of time, and doing things effectively so you won’t have to do them again. It’s also about working with things you already have or have scrounged, about respecting tradition and family legacies, and about making time to enjoy your living quarters. It’s about dignity, self-reliance, and innovation. Especially, Deft Home is about respecting the basics and the labor it takes to keep them right. Hope you enjoy the site as much as I enjoy developing the material.